Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-04
BOODLER BIPPER.
The Missing Informer's Expose of the Chi
cago Boodlers.

The Missing Informer's Expose of the Chi
cage Boodlers.
CHICAGO, July "A correspondent at
Mt. Clemens, Mich, claims to have dis
covered there, yesterday, F. W. Bipper,
the doodle contractor, whose disappear
ance from Chicago was noted in these dis
patches last night.
Bipper, the correspondent says, i ac-
c~ompanied by two mysterious individuals,
evidently detectives, who, it is thought,
are taking him on a jaunt like that en-
ioyed by the other contractor, Mic Schnel-
der.
Bipper was feeling loquacious and talked
freely with the reporter. He said he
would tell all he knew, and will probably
be on the stand in Judge Jamieson's cour
as soon as a jury is secured. He does not
wish TO go to Joliet, and has been prom
ised immunity if he t~estities without re-
serve.
"You see," remarked Bipper, lots of
the commissioners have squealed. Oliver,
Cells and others have given away enough
to condemn everybody connected with
certain transactions. Even Van Belt,
months ago, made a statement to Grinneli,
but it was not complete, and the prosecutor
refused to receive it,"
"You will tell all you know, then?'
ventured the reporter.
HOW THE CONTRACTS WERE SOLD.
"Most certainly. Why shouldn't |?
The Commissioners can only blame them
selves. The statute reaches only the con-
tracts let in the tall of 1886. controlled
the contracts for supplying milk, bread and
meat, and did the business Tor obtaining
them. had before that time bought the
school property off the Commissioners at a
price OF Sol, 400. In addition to this |
was to give 50, 900 to seven Commissioners,
to be divided among them. | could not
get the deed to the land, because Of an in
junction, and would not, of course, pay the
50, 900.
Then came the letting of the contracts,
and Mccarthy was afraid to trust me. |
made a trade for the three contracts for
$l6, 900, and paid the money and got them.
| assessed the milkmen 81, 800 each-that
made s., 600; the baker put III $1,000, and
| furnished s., 600 for the meat contract.
1 paid $14, 900 TO Commissioner Leyden.
He took it to the hospital and it was di-
vided up there. The remainder was by
myself given to individual Commissioners
Now, that's the story. ! could tell you OF
transactions Of other years. | have myself
paid over $40, 900 for contracts. My, what
money those Commissioners make! For Il
time they
HAD A REGULAR CLEARING HOUSE,
but |, until this last transaction, ignored
the institution and did business direct
with the Commissioners. Every man
holding u position under the Board had TO
pay fol- it. A 600 fellow had to give up
$500; that's the way it went
''tIow many were in the ring
''Seven was all. They could always get
Il cheap man on the outside to vote with
them. It's a nasty mess. Ell Mcdonald
don't know anything hut the Schneider
business. McGairgle, in order to keep
himself in power rs Warden of the County
Hospital, was forced to act ~ d~isburSiDg
agent"
M'GARIGLE READY To "sQUEAL."
A local paper to-day says that the
States Attorney is preparing to descend
upon the city bOodlers, and that the cases
are in such shape that they may be started
before the county matter Is disposed OF.
The article asserts that ex-Warden Nc
Garigle stands ready to disclose all he
knows, and he claims that he is in posses.
sion OF facts which, once made public in a
court of law, would send from twenty to
twenty-five OF the city bOOdlers 10 Joliet.
Ii is claimed that he was consulted about
every deal made, and is, perhaps, better
posted Oh the inner workings of the cor
rupt city gang" than any other man.
ale can" says the article, tell a most
remarkable story, and if he chooses to UNI
bosom himself completely he can give the
exact sums of money paid to every corpO.
ration which has been granted rights or
franchises of any sort, kind or description
by the city from July, 1891, up to April,
1887. He can, in 4 word, expose every
corrupt deal entered into by members of
the City Council, officers of the Police he
partment and other city officials between
the dates mentioned,
GRINNELL MAY o ACCEPT IT.
Astonishing AZ it may seem, however,
Mr.. Grinnell hesitates to accept McCiari-
giles ''squeal," and for no other reason
than that he thinks he can convict the
whole gang of city boodlers without his
testimony. He believes that the evidence
in his possession is so strong and incontFo-
vertible that he will be justified in dis
peusing with any information any OF the
brOdlerS might be willing to furnish, and
the indications are that the only ~''squeal-
ers" who will be called upon will be those
who were literally driven INTO the various
steals. The principals will not escape by
turning States evidence"
1t is said that the investigation will he
conducted by 4 special grand Jury, as was
the county Doodle cases. The application
Tor the special grand jury is to ne made
within the next three weeks, and it Is an
ticipated that all the indictments will he
returned before the end Of the present.